tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66671178432246597612019-05-23T07:16:04.789-07:00Infinit Nutrition Canada BlogEverything you ever wanted to know about Infinit Nutrition, fuel for elite athletes, and custom sports nutrition. A true resource for nutritional info and updates on endurance nutrition.3verbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213005048972128227noreply@blogger.comBlogger284125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667117843224659761.post-91057619245531118772019-05-21T16:02:00.000-07:002019-05-21T16:02:12.176-07:003rd Qualifying Ride Down - 1 to Go!! 300 km Tour of Detroit
My only goal (other than finishing this 300 km brevet within the maximum time of 20 hrs to make it official for my PBP - Ride) was to finish in daylight! It turned out that on this day, with the group we had, it wasn't going to be a problem! What I love about these rides is that in a short time, you get to cement relationships quickly - I now have 5 new friends. But I was also very gratefulDarcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155041612569495687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667117843224659761.post-24267117437263462872019-05-17T08:19:00.001-07:002019-05-17T08:19:29.018-07:00Incredible Ironman Couple - This Is Why I Do What I Do!!!
Wednesday, I received this email that put a smile on my face and it is exactly the reason we do what we do at Infinit Nutrition Canada.
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As you may know, I am trying to complete all of my qualifying rides to turn my pre-registration for Paris-Brest-Paris into a full registration: 1st Paris-Brest-Paris Qualifying Ride. With my chilly March 30th - 200 km out of the way, it was onto my Big Greek Adventure. Knowing I had some time in Greece and I would be missing the 300 km qualifying brevet back home, I felt like I had to findDarcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155041612569495687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667117843224659761.post-85562327969383456002019-04-16T11:11:00.000-07:002019-04-16T11:11:20.062-07:001st Qualifying Ride Complete - Paris-Brest-Paris 2019!!!
Last year, thanks to a fellow ESR rider and friend Tim O'Callahan I dipped my toe into the world of Randonneuring. In 2018 I did a couple of 200 km Brevets, a 384 km Fleche Ride and the 400 km Cremore Classic. While riding the Cremore - I learned a lot more about this Paris-Brest-Paris thing, it occurs every 4 years, it is coming up this August and it frankly sounded epic. I tucked it awayDarcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155041612569495687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667117843224659761.post-317423069538788632019-03-21T09:59:00.000-07:002019-03-21T09:59:20.351-07:00Infinit Nutrition Canada Partners Up With The National Cycling Centre of Hamilton
The Canadian nutrition company will provide fuel for the NCCH athletes.
Windsor, Ontario, Canada: Infinit Nutrition Canada is a leader in ultra-premium custom-blended nutritional sports drinks and is announcing their newest partnership with The National Cycling Centre of Hamilton. Infinit Nutrition Canada will be fuelling the cyclists from The National Cycling Centre of Hamilton with their Irvin Banuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02388291205515513436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667117843224659761.post-35515518546843189292019-03-14T17:53:00.002-07:002019-03-15T02:19:27.798-07:00Julie Kelly: Canada’s Elite Ultra-Endurance Mountain Bike Racer
The Rider
Imagine riding your mountain bike through the woods, up and down steep hills as fast as you can pedal. All the while, time is against you and other riders are right behind you fighting to get ahead - keep in mind this race is for 24 hours. This is Julie Kelly’s world! She is a world-renown 24hr Canadian Mountain Bike racer and is one of the top five in the world.
She works and Irvin Banuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02388291205515513436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667117843224659761.post-24386140487474970762019-03-06T13:46:00.001-08:002019-03-08T06:49:08.363-08:00Staying Hydrated Is So Simple. Why Do Many Endurance Athletes Train and Race In A Dehydrated State?
Ignorance.
My pain is your gain! A bit of background, I raced Lake Placid Ironman 6 years in a row starting in 2002. As is the case for many first timers, this initial one was a bit of a kick in the gut. I really wasn't prepared for what was to come. In 2003 & 2004, I learned a lot more lessons, while I continued to increase my fitness level and the results were better and better. In Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155041612569495687noreply@blogger.comWindsor, ON, Canada42.3149367 -83.036363342.127012199999996 -83.3590868 42.5028612 -82.71363980000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667117843224659761.post-3875758001249990292019-02-25T05:03:00.001-08:002019-02-25T05:04:11.570-08:00Infinit Nutrition Canada Teams Up With Real Deal Racing
After a record-breaking event, Infinit Nutrition Canada will fuel Real Deal Racing.
WINDSOR, Ontario - Feb. 24, 2019 -- Infinit Nutrition Canada is a leader in ultra-premium custom-blended nutritional sports drinks and is announcing their newest partnership with Real Deal Racing. Infinit Nutrition Canada will be fuelling cyclists with their sports drink products at every Real Deal Racing Irvin Banuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02388291205515513436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667117843224659761.post-8381799072642009642019-02-05T14:13:00.000-08:002019-02-08T10:45:32.954-08:00There is No "I" In "Team" - 24 Hr Real Deal
If you didn't get a chance last week to read our Read Deal 24 Hr Track Attack Post, this is the prequel to this entry.
Some things are just so cool and grand that you want to be part of them. The Track 24 Hr. Attack was just that. Simple: just ride 24 hrs and raise $25000 to improve the heating and lighting at the Forest City Velodrome. After connecting with Ed Veal (the chief participantDarcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155041612569495687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667117843224659761.post-74222082964558378902019-02-01T09:00:00.000-08:002019-02-01T09:36:23.265-08:00Round and Round We Go!!!
For the last two weeks, we have been reaching out to cycling clubs to see if we can get a few more on board this season. When we reached out to Real Deal Racing, this is the note we got back:
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Even if you’ve just crawled out from under a rock or awoken from a long Rumplestiltskin-like sleep, you’ve probably heard about Keto (short for Ketogenic Diet). It’s everywhere: on talk shows, morning news programs, radio, TV, social media, magazines, and books. There are many cookbooks, blogs, how-to guides, documentaries https://tinyurl.com/y9nnoppq, and Facebook pages full of 3verbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213005048972128227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667117843224659761.post-66567894937126216272018-11-15T18:59:00.000-08:002019-01-09T19:04:06.096-08:00"Be Like Mike" - Movati Mike
Last week, we made a visit to our good customer, Movati Athletic in Burlington. As always, when I get a chance to visit, I had to fit a workout in - I love their facilities. As I am still in bike mode and chasing 13,000 km this calendar year, I spent an hour on the Matrix stationary bike doing the rolling hills workout. While riding, I was already thinking about the great shower and steam 3verbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213005048972128227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667117843224659761.post-38731365078085106042018-08-27T18:49:00.000-07:002019-02-11T11:29:09.692-08:00Riding Long: Creemore Classic 401 km in 24 hrs
This past weekend I completed my first 400 km Brevet. I had previously participated in 2 other Randonneuring rides: a 384 km Fleche ride and a 200 km Brevet. This by far was the toughest, as expected.
Local riders participating were Rick Meloche, Brenda Wiechers, Tim O'Callahan and myself. Luckily we had two friends/cyclists come to support the 24 hr journey: Steve Tymczak and Geoff Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155041612569495687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667117843224659761.post-70674526804072456802018-06-20T06:11:00.004-07:002018-06-20T06:13:00.179-07:00Road to Ironman: Flavour Fatigue & Hitting Nutrition GoalsWe're welcoming back Andrew from STAC Zero for the 3rd Installment of Road to Ironman. Have you missed the first two posts in the series? Catch up here:
Road to Ironman: Pre Training and Preparation
Road to Ironman: Beginning the Journey
Flavour fatigue sounds simple enough -- and a bit trivial, actually -- but it is something very serious when it comes to performing at your best. If Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667117843224659761.post-72799749116172982552018-05-11T08:04:00.003-07:002018-05-11T08:04:59.778-07:00Bike Windsor Essex - Creating a Bike-Friendly City We recently had the opportunity to connect with Oliver and the team from Bike Windsor Essex; a non-profit organization in Windsor, ON that is focused on getting more people out cycling. They are advocates for safer cycling infrastructure, and public and government acceptance and support for cycling as a legitimate means of transportation.
"We believe cycling is an important aspect of forward Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667117843224659761.post-69316175462874677262018-05-05T09:31:00.002-07:002018-05-05T09:31:37.898-07:00Paris To Ancaster - What a Blast!!!
From the Paris To Ancaster site here is a description of the race: For over a century the roads of northern Europe have been home to the toughest bicycle races in the world. The most famous of these, Paris to Roubaix, takes place each spring over brutal cobblestone roads that have been preserved in their historic condition for over 100 years. Inspired by this classic race, the Paris to AncasterDarcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155041612569495687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667117843224659761.post-60412042280101004282018-04-20T12:00:00.000-07:002018-04-20T12:00:19.779-07:00Road to Ironman: Beginning the JourneyAndrew Buckrell is back with the second installment to the Road to Ironman series! Before you begin reading, catch up with the first post of the series here: https://bit.ly/2FGAGJG
"To start off my training "journey", coach
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Let me start by saying I am an endurance guy. I have done bunch of Ironman's, a few Ultra-marathon's; I just love the endurance side of things. With that said I am not the strongest, not even close to being so, as compared to the other athletes in our box at CrossFit WHL. I have been working out with Bobby Tran and the WHL crew since late 2014, shortly after we started selling our Infinit Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155041612569495687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667117843224659761.post-47726951688691550182018-02-28T13:24:00.000-08:002018-04-20T12:00:07.307-07:00Road to IRONMAN: Pre-Training and Preparation<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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We are excited to introduce you to Holger Bohm, and Infinit
customer that is doing something pretty spectacular. Over the past few years,
Holger and his family have been greatly influenced by two serious stroke
incidents. First, his grandfather suffered a stroke that has now tied him to a
wheelchair. A year later, when Holger's father was assisting with his dad's
care, he himself suffered a Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667117843224659761.post-88629011270674834012018-02-01T12:58:00.000-08:002018-02-01T13:35:53.816-08:00The Making of A Great Partnership - Movati Athletic / Infinit Nutrition Canada
You have to be good to be lucky! I am going to stick with that. At the same time we feel very fortunate to have forged the relationship we have with a premier fitness facility in Ontario which is quickly expanding across Canada - Movati Athletic.
So how did it start? Well on a bad note, really. In early summer last year Karin DiCarlo dropped into our storefront to let us know that she was Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155041612569495687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667117843224659761.post-43978653768862181162018-01-08T11:50:00.000-08:002018-01-11T11:32:55.768-08:00STAC Zero Bike Trainer - Quiet and Effective
I have always considered my Computrainer unequivocally; the best investment for improving my Ironman performance - the ability to train with power, ride against previous performances allowed me to always ratchet my performance upwards, I could never lose to myself. I rode that thing religiously for 10 years - it made me a better cyclist. However, it was a bit of a chore to make it work with Darcyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18155041612569495687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667117843224659761.post-17149267424810894732017-12-13T05:41:00.003-08:002017-12-13T05:41:52.162-08:00I Am Infinit: Vincent Fortin
Vincent Fortin is INFINIT.
Occupation: IT Architect
Sport: Triathlon
Years in the sport: 5
Race Category: Age Group
Your Infinit Story: I started using Custom infinit nutrition
in January 2015, I was training for Ironman Mont-Tremblant and I wanted my
nutrition to be simple and stress free. I wanted to be able to concentrate on
my racing rather than remembering to take this type of gel Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667117843224659761.post-66188719316197687442017-11-23T04:00:00.000-08:002017-11-23T04:00:25.285-08:00I Am Infinit: Noelle Montcalm
#TeamInfinit athlete Noelle Montcalm knows the top of the podium well. Throughout her years as a Lancer athlete and Olympian, she has made countless trips to the podium, has a number of National Championships under her belt, and qualified for her first Olympic Games in 2016. When she isn't training, she spends her time helping others as a Registered Nurse. Noelle is Infinit. Learn more about theUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6667117843224659761.post-79866775986656139632017-11-09T06:48:00.003-08:002017-11-09T06:48:34.493-08:00I Am Infinit: Erica Livett
Erica Livett has been apart of Team Infinit since the beginning stages of our Strength line. She, along with a few other Regional CrossFit athletes, helped us develop 3 products for CrossFit and Strength based athletes - X-Cite for intra-workout, Rescue for recovery, and Raw for protein supplementation. This was 3 and a half years ago. Since then, Erica has been thriving on Infinit in and out ofUnknownnoreply@blogger.com